Hey Everybody!! Here’s a quick post to inform you that we have just added a ton of new photos of Chip Kidd’s “Book Cover Design” work over at the GALLERY PAGE. Actually, some of them were also even added to Page Two. About half of them are ones he just completed for brand-new books coming out in 2013 and then there are a few he designed awhile back. Sort of like, “something old, something new”. Anyways, Please feel free to check them out and we hope you enjoy them. Please remember to always check back because we’re obsessed with adding more all the time, ha!

You can just click the Gallery TAB up above or please CLICK HERE!

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Abigail Crouse, a Kansas State University student, recently posted a very sweet article about Chip Kidd’s visit last month to the AIGA KANSAS CITY Meeting where he gave a lecture titled, “Failing Better”. The post contains many different quotes from some of the Graphic Design Students & Designers and we want to thank them for both the kind words & wonderful hospitality they all shared.

To read the article, please CLICK HERE!

HEY! If you would like to schedule Chip Kidd for a speaking engagement or lecture then please be sure to visit the RANDOM HOUSE SPEAKERS BUREAU.

OK, This is one of those kind of posts that are just totally fun to write (and hopefully fun to read, ha!). Over at the always-awesome BUZZFEED Website they recently published an article titled, “Inspiring Workspaces of the Famously Creative”. Basically, it’s one of those “Image Dump” posts where the Blogger will display a ton of interesting photos and you just keep being amazed at how many there are and how neat it all is and it goes on and on, it’s wacky-crazy! The pics are really fun to see and you just can’t believe how many there are or how diverse they are too.

Anyway, the subject matter are all related to showing the Office or Art Studio of some very well-known creative-type people and (WOW!) Chip Kidd made the list, #11! Yes! Plus, WOW what an honor, they throw him in there with Mark Twain, Georgia O’Keefe, Adrian Tomine, Willem DeKooning, John Updike, Ray Eames, John Lennon, and many many more! Like we said, the concept of this post is very clever, and we have to give props to their Senior Editor, Summer Anne Burton, for the idea. So, if you want to see what Chip Kidd’s super-messy Office looks like (ha ha) then please be sure to check it out.

To View the Article, CLICK HERE!!

We’re proud to announce that last week Chip Kidd’s TED TALKS Speech, “Designing Books Is No Laughing Matter. OK, It Is”, appeared on Japanese television in an episode of SUPER PRESENTATION on April 8th, 2013. This TV Show was created in connection with TED TALKS to help, not only spread great ideas, but also to teach English to Students in Japan.

Basically, What they do, is they take the huge library of famous TED speeches and show them subtitled in Japanese while Students listen to them in English. It’s a great concept and if you’re curious what the show looked like you can visit their site to watch it, please CLICK HERE!

Check out these really great videos of Authors from the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group sharing advice and insights into the craft of writing. Then, after you get done being entertained here (and hopefully learning a thing or two or just being very inspired) you can also enjoy the entire playlist by clicking HERE!

Over at the HTML GIANT website James J. Fitze just got done writing a really great Book Review on “How Literature Saved My Life” (Knopf) by David Shields. The book is doing very well and we could not be happier. As a side-note I should mention that Chip Kidd designed the cover and the Photography was done by Geoff Spears. If you have an interest in this book then please read their review. Even if you don’t, then you should scan it anyway because it will MAKE you want to read the book, ha ha! Just CLICK HERE!

This is exciting news! Well, it’s fun news for all of us here at CHIPKIDD.COM anyway, ha! Yesterday we added a nice new selection of BOOK COVER DESIGN photos to our Gallery Page. This brings the total to about 146 designs & we have many more to go! So, please be sure to check back every now and then. Also, I bet you yourself even own a book or two that Chip Kidd has designed. Go take a look! Please CLICK HERE!

Last month Random House released Roger Hobbs’ debut thriller, GHOSTMAN, and the book is doing very well. So good in fact that they created a great Book Trailer Video for it, check it out! oh yeah, as an important side-note we should mention that this beautiful Book Cover was designed by the ultra-talented Knopf Designer, Peter Mendelsund.

Also, for fans of this new Author, here are some useful links:

Official Facebook Page

GHOSTMAN at Random House

Oh yeah, this post is a quick shout out to let y’all know we have added a ton of fresh Book Cover Photos to the CHIPKIDD.COM Gallery Page. Some of them have been added to the first page & then there are some more on the second. So, please be sure to check them out and also remember to share them with all your friends and family!

Hey, Just click the “Gallery” Tab up above or simply, CLICK HERE!

Yesterday, March 1st, would have been the 100th Birthday of the “Invisible Man” Author, Ralph Ellison. So, in his honor, we’re posting this photo of the Ralph Ellison Memorial Monument that is located in Harlem, right next to where he lived. Invisible Man was published by Random House Books in 1952 and has since become an American Literary Classic.

For more information about Ralph Ellison, please CLICK HERE!